Adolfo Bioy Casares
Author · 26 books
Adolfo Vicente Perfecto Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was born in Buenos Aires, the child of wealthy parents. He began to write in the early Thirties, and his stories appeared in the influential magazine Sur, through which he met his wife, the painter and writer Silvina Ocampo, as well Jorge Luis Borges, who was to become his mentor, friend, and collaborator. In 1940, after writing several novice works, Bioy published the novella The Invention of Morel, the first of his books to satisfy him, and the first in which he hit his characteristic note of uncanny and unexpectedly harrowing humor. Later publications include stories and novels, among them A Plan for Escape, A Dream of Heroes, and Asleep in the Sun. Bioy also collaborated with Borges on an Anthology of Fantastic Literature and a series of satirical sketches written under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq.
Books
Historias de Amor
1973
The Invention of Morel and Other Stories, from La Trama Celeste
1964
A Plan for Escape
1945
El héroe de las mujeres.
1978
Racconti matematici
2006
Borges
2006
Asleep in the Sun
1973
La invención de Morel / El gran Serafín
1982
El perjurio de la nieve
1944
En memoria de Paulina
1948
Diary of the War of the Pig
1969
Diccionario del Argentino Exquisito
1971
The Invention of Morel
1940
Los mejores cuentos policiales
1951
La invención de Morel
2007
El lado de la sombra
1962
Clave para un amor
1999
Un campeón desparejo
1993
Cuentos latinoamericanos
Antología
1989
Selected Stories
1994
Historias fantásticas
1972
Antología universal del relato fantástico
2013
The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata
1982
A Russian Doll and Other Stories
1991
The Dream of Heroes
1954
Historias desaforadas
1986
